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  Brook Buck
School: Univ. of Notre Dame
Year: Senior
Home Town: Yukon, OK
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High School: Oklahoma Christian School
Height: 5-7
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Birth Date: Tuesday, December 31, 1985
Dominant Hand: Right
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Singles Record: 84-43
Doubles Record: 130-34
Awards & Honors
  • Three-time BIG EAST All-Tournament Team (Singles: 2005, 2006) (Doubles: 2005)

    Former national #1 player in singles and doubles and four-time Oklahoma state singles champion ... has made an immediate impact over first two seasons at Notre Dame ... has played No. 1 and No. 2 in both the singles and doubles lineups ... has been ranked among the top 60 in the nation in both singles and doubles ... owns Notre Dame freshman record for doubles victories (27) ... athletic player who is very quick ... big backhand is her most effective weapon ... also has a good serve ... great doubles player is an outstanding volleyer ... has improved her forehand and also worked on coming to the net more frequently ... has tremendous potential ... teamed up with sophomore Kelcy Tefft, with whom she won five Super National USTA doubles titles in junior action ... in singles, owns a career mark of 47-22 overall ... holds 24-15 career record away from home, plus a 35-13 record indoors and a 29-7 mark vs. the Midwest Region ... is 24-22 in close singles sets (6-4, 7-5, or 7-6) and 10-12 in close matches ... holds 44-2 career singles record when winning the opening set, including eight straight wins to close the 2006 season ...in doubles, 61-18 overall for here career and 34-6 with current partner sophomore Kelcy Tefft ... boasts a 14-3 career record at home, plus a 23-4 mark indoors and an 4-0 record against the BIG EAST ... earned monograms both of first two collegiate seasons.

    AS A SOPHOMORE: Named to BIG EAST all-tournament team in singles and doubles ... finished with a 24-10 record and was 90th in the final ITA national singles rankings ... went 18-7 in dual action, including 4-1 at No. 2 and 14-6 at No. 3 ... registered a team-high seven match-clinching victories ... put together a five-match and carer-high eight-match winning streak ... went 1-4 against ranked foes ... lone victory over ranked player came against #24 Alexis Prousis of Northwestern (6-3, 6-3) ... went 3-1 and led three other matches in post-season action ... went 18-6 indoors, 4-4 in tie breakers, 11-1 in close sets, 23-1 when winning the first set, 6-4 outdoors, 3-6 in close matches, 14-2 at home and 18-2 against the Midwest Region ... went 34-6 in doubles, including a 24-4 mark in dual action -- all with sophomore Kelcy Tefft ... at No. 1 doubles, went 5-1 ... at No. 2 doubles, went 19-3 ... opened the season at #60 and climbed as high as #29, but did not appear in the final national rankings ... reached the ITA Midwest Regional Championships ... captured 18 of their first 20 matches, including a 9-7 victory over #19 Batty/McGaffigan of Indiana ... marquee victory came against #11 Bercek/Robinson of Duke (8-5) ... recorded match-clinching victories in the BIG EAST semifinals, BIG EAST finals, NCAA first round and NCAA round of 16 ... went 23-4 indoors, 1-2 in tie breakers, 11-2 outdoors, 8-2 in close matches, 14-3 at home and 21-3 against the Midwest Region.

    AS A FRESHMAN: Impact rookie was immediate force for Notre Dame in both singles and doubles ... played No. 2 in both lineups all season, finishing 13-9 in singles and 16-9 in doubles ... tabbed to BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team in both singles and doubles ... was second on team in overall singles victories with 23-12 record ... set Irish freshman record for doubles victories and ranked tied for third - behind only the All-American Thompson twins - on the Irish, with a 27-12 mark, all with Lauren Connelly ... strong fall saw her vault into the ITA national singles rankings in January (the first set for which she was eligible) and then remain ranked throughout remainder of season ... peaked at 59th on March 8 and finished 83rd ... was briefly ranked 59th in doubles ... went 7-6 against nationally-ranked players in singles ... top win came in 6-1, 6-1 decision against #16 Karin Coetzee of Wake Forest in dual action ... came through with victories against ranked players in 4-3 Irish defeats against #5 Duke and #13 Texas ... claimed three-set triumph in 5-2 Irish win at UNLV ... earned win in 4-3 ND victory at Illinois ... clinched wins over Boston College and vs. St. John's in semifinals of BIG EAST tournament ... had final three matches of season abandoned ... went 10-3 in first collegiate fall, with upsets of #37 Dora Vastag from Indiana and #93 Hala Sufi of Purdue in the Indiana Invitational ... was one of just two freshmen to reach round of 16 in ITA Midwest Championships, where she fell to #1 Cristelle Grier ... went 3-4 against higher-ranked players ... was 21-1 when winning the opening set ... posted 17-7 record indoors and just 6-5 mark outside ... formed prolific team with Connelly, turning in third-highest season victory total ever by a Notre Dame team ... upset #48 Muth/Wei from William & Mary and #36 Prousis/Roemer from Northwestern in April, which led to their entry into the national rankings ... won 9-7 over Anderson/Durkin from #17 Harvard in final match on court to give ND doubles point in 4-3 loss to the Crimson ... lost tiebreaker to #52 Prousis/Roemer in last match remaining to give Northwestern the doubles point in second round of NCAA tournament ... also lost in that situation against #6 Vanderbilt and Illinois ... clinched doubles point six times, including against Wake Forest, #6 Duke, UNLV, and Iowa in the first round of the NCAAs ... also had victories against Michigan and Indiana ... posted 11-3 record during fall ... began with 9-1 mark before losing to nation's eighth-ranked team (from Michigan) in the quarterfinals of the ITA Midwest Championships ... were 10-4 at home and 17-8 on the road ... notched 18-7 mark indoors and 13-6 record against teams from the Midwest Region.

    HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Ranked #1 in the United States Tennis Association (USTA) 16-and-under national rankings in both singles and doubles in 2002 ... had outstanding prep career at Oklahoma Christian School, winning four Oklahoma state championships at No. 1 singles to become just the fourth player to do so ... ranked 11th in the USTA 18-and-under national rankings in 2004 ... five-time USTA national doubles champion with current Irish sophomore Kelcy Tefft ... in 2002, they won titles at Winter National Championships, the Spring Super National Championships, and Super National Hardcourt Championships ... runner-up in singles play at the `02 Super National Hardcourt Championships ... 2003 Oklahoma and Missouri Valley section Player of the Year ... also earned four letters in cheerleading ... student body secretary and member of the National Honor Society ... father Tony and uncle, Rick Buck, played football at Oklahoma State ... grandfather, Richard Buck, played football at North Carolina ... cousin, Rachel Cody, plays field hockey at Northwestern ... cousin, Buck Cody, plays baseball at Texas ... born Dec. 31, 1985, in Oklahoma City, Okla. ... daughter of Gayle and Tony Buck ... has three siblings ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a sociology major.

    SINGLES

    DualOpenOverall
    2004-0513-910-323-12
    2005-0618-76-324-10
    TOTALS31-1616-647-22
    DOUBLES
    DualOpenOverall
    2004-0516-911-327-12
    2005-0624-410-234-6
    TOTALS40-1321-561-18